Panthers QB Cam Newton rushed for 16th career TD last week, most by QB in 1st 2 NFL seasons. Had rush TD in last game at Atl. Is only player in NFL history with 20+ pass (23) & 15+ rush (16) TDs in 1st 19 NFL games... RB DeAngelo Williams had 74-yard TD run in last meeting. When Williams has 18+ att., team is 15-3 (.833). RB Jonathan Stewart had rush TD in last game at Atl... WR Steve Smith had 6 catches for 125 yards in last meeting. Has 4 games with 125+ rec. yards vs. Atl. WR Brandon LaFell is averaging 18.2 yards per catch. In past 4 vs. division, is averaging 20.4 yards per catch (14 catches, 285 yards). TE Greg Olsen had 7 catches for 98 yards last week. Had 44-yard TD in last meeting... S Charles Godfrey has INT in each of 1st 5 NFL seasons. Has 10 career INTs. DE Charles Johnson has 17 sacks in past 25. DT DWAN EDWARDS has 3.5 sacks & aims for 4th in row with 0.5+ sack.

Falcons QB Matt Ryan is 4-0 at home vs. Car. with 107.7 rating. Leads NFL with 114 rating. In career, Falcons are 26-0 when Ryan has 100+ rating... RB Michael Turner has rushed for 727 yards (103.9 per game) & 11 TDs in past 7 meetings. Has 5 100-yard games in past 7 vs. Car. Had 4 rush TDs in 11/23/08 meeting & 3 rush TDs in 12/12/10 game vs. Car. Since joining Atl. in 2008, ranks 4th in NFL with 5,435 rush yards & is 2nd in NFL with 52 rush TDs... In past 5 at home, WR Roddy White has 39 catches for 573 yards (114.6 per game) & 4 TDs (4 100-yard games). Since 2007, has 490 rec., most in NFC. In only meeting, WR Julio Jones had 3 catches for 104 yards (34.7 avg.) & TD (75 yards). TE Tony Gonzalez aims for 4th in row with TD. Has 98 rec. TDs & needs 2 for 100... DE John Abraham has 114 sacks, most among active players. Has 8 sacks in career vs. Car. S Thomas DeCoud had 2 INTs last week. LB Sean Weatherspoon had sack in last meeting. S William Moore had INT in last meeting.

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game
through Weeks 1 to 3 of the 2012 season with no adjustment. Once
more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the
best and worst value from the data set.

Weather
Dome Stadium

Team vs. Team History

Carolina Panthers vs. Atlanta Falcons

Season

Week

Date

Vis

Home

Score

Winner

2000

3

2000-09-17

ATL

CAR

15-10

ATL

2000

9

2000-10-29

CAR

ATL

12-13

ATL

2001

2

2001-09-23

CAR

ATL

16-24

ATL

2001

11

2001-11-25

ATL

CAR

10-7

ATL

2002

7

2002-10-20

CAR

ATL

0-30

ATL

2002

12

2002-11-24

ATL

CAR

41-0

ATL

2003

4

2003-09-28

ATL

CAR

3-23

CAR

2003

14

2003-12-07

CAR

ATL

14-20

ATL

2004

4

2004-10-03

ATL

CAR

27-10

ATL

2004

15

2004-12-18

CAR

ATL

31-34

ATL

2005

13

2005-12-04

ATL

CAR

6-24

CAR

2005

17

2006-01-01

CAR

ATL

44-11

CAR

2006

1

2006-09-10

ATL

CAR

20-6

ATL

2006

16

2006-12-24

CAR

ATL

10-3

CAR

2007

3

2007-09-23

CAR

ATL

27-20

CAR

2007

10

2007-11-11

ATL

CAR

20-13

ATL

2008

4

2008-09-28

ATL

CAR

9-24

CAR

2008

12

2008-11-23

CAR

ATL

28-45

ATL

2009

2

2009-09-20

CAR

ATL

20-28

ATL

2009

10

2009-11-15

ATL

CAR

19-28

CAR

2010

14

2010-12-12

ATL

CAR

31-10

ATL

2010

17

2011-01-02

CAR

ATL

10-31

ATL

2011

6

2011-10-16

CAR

ATL

17-31

ATL

2011

14

2011-12-11

ATL

CAR

31-23

ATL

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.